Russian notes? Or something else?

According to serial numbers probably all these notes were printed in late 1919 by Bolsheviks.
Citizens had no trust in Soviet money (so called SovSznaki) and Bolsheviks were printing
Czarists money to finance their activity.

Yes, 100 and 500 Rubles are the notes, not bonds.

500 Ruble is type of 1912 and at these times (at introduction, 1912) it was representing a signigicant

ammount of money- 50 10 ruble Gold coins (!) = 8.3g X 50 = about 450g of Gold. The annual salary
of qualified worker ! Exchange of money for Gold had no restrictions at 1895 - 07.1914 in Russia.

Darren Garrison wrote:

Thanks. The size of some of these-- especially the 500 rouble one-- made me question if they were
banknotes, and might have instead have been some sort of bonds or stocks certificates or something.

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 22:04:44 -0500, RW Julian wrote:

All are Russian and, generally speaking, issued under Nicholas II. (The
Soviets issued
some of these notes as late as 1918 or 1919.) The first note is for one
rouble and says
1898 but was actually issued beginning in 1915.

RW Julian

Darren Garrison wrote:

Could someone please tell me if these are banknotes or something else?

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/russian.html